Jordan 1 Baseball Cleat Now Available on Nike.com Thanks to some heady commenters, we figured out that the Jordan 1 cleat, which we speculated last week might release as a baseball cleat, is now available in black and white on Nike.com. The Jordan 1 is available in: Black/White as a mid cut metal baseball cleat…
DetailsMoises Alou Declines To Interview For Padres’ Manager Job Moises Alou has taken himself out of consideration for the Padres’ open managerial job, ESPN.com’s Enrique Rojas reports (Twitter links). Alou has been working for the Padres as a special assistant in the player development department since 2015, though he declined interest in the manager’s position…
DetailsFanGraphs Audio: Rachael McDaniel Likes and Dislikes the Playoffs Episode 871 Managing editor of The Hardball Times Rachael McDaniel joins the program to discuss some recent THT highlights, the end of Félix Hernández’s career in Seattle, and what delights and dismays us about postseason baseball. You’ll find Rachael’s recent piece on Félix here. Miriam Zuo…
DetailsAthletics Call Up Skye Bolt The A’s have called up some outfield depth for the final few games of the season, summoning Skye Bolt to the big league roster, per a club announcement. Oakland was without Khris Davis due to the stomach flu yesterday and saw Mark Canha exit last night’s game due to a…
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This Isn’t the Same Eduardo Rodriguez It’s tempting to look at Eduardo Rodriguez’s 3.94 FIP in 2019, nearly identical the 3.97 FIP he has for his career, and think that nothing has substantively changed. His strikeout, walk, and homer numbers are all similarly in line with his career rates too, while his BABIP allowed and…
DetailsWhat Brodie Van Wagenen should do to improve 2020 Mets Boldness won Brodie Van Wagenen the job of Mets general manager, and lost the season. The Wilpons wanted to hear the word “rebuild” as much as “Madoff,” and Van Wagenen sold ownership that the Mets had a core for contention now and in the future.…
DetailsWomen in baseball connect at MiLB Innovators Summit On Wednesday, executives in Minor League Baseball filled the Rio Grande room of the El Paso Convention and Performing Arts Center to discuss the challenges facing women in baseball. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190926&content_id=310926618&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsGreg Bird can’t believe this turned into another lost Yankees season The Yankees could see a healthy Greg Bird report to spring training next season. “Oh, yeah,” the oft-injured first baseman told NJ.com on Wednesday at Tropicana Field. “I’ll be ready. It’s just been a long process. Frustrating.” Bird, who was visiting his teammates before…
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Maximum Launch Angle is a Blast Wherever you sit along the spectrum of baseball observers, from newcomer through casual fan, diehard, junkie, nerd and professional, you are by no means obligated to care about Statcast. Publicly available numbers quantifying three-dimensional coordinates, velocity, spin rate, and more are now attached to everything this side of how…
DetailsDan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 9/26/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dan-szymborski-fangraphs-chat-9-26-19/
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